A couple of big upsets last week thinned the field in both football survivor pools a little more, the culprits being the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals. More people picked the Steelers than the Bengals in the original survivor (you guys were saving the Steelers, weren’t you?), and more people picked the Bengals than the Steelers in second half survivor.
All in all, eight departures brings us down to 14 still alive in the original, and four are already through to next week with the Dallas Cowboys win over the Oakland Raiders yesterday during a very ho-hum U.S. Thanksgiving Day NFL schedule.
We lost five in the second half, also bringing us down to 14. These pools seem to like to keep pace with each other, don’t they? One person picked Dallas, and one picked the Green Bay Packers over the Detroit Lions in the early game Thursday.
Those people can sit back and relax and cheer on the upsets this weekend. As for the rest of you, we’ll need a pick in the pools prior to opening kickoff on Sunday. This week I’m going with the Bengals as my top pick, followed up by the Eagles. You can read why I’m backing those teams over at BleacherReport.
Does anyone want to play Fantasy Throwdown? If that sounds even mildly intriguing, send me an email and I’ll shoot you back a challenge.
Remember to get your survivor pick in before 1:00 Eastern on Sunday, and good luck this week!